It is certainly a step in the right direction that on Nov. 5, 2011, the AALL Executive Board unanimously approved the Consumer Advocacy Caucus petition for official recognition because no way was this a “sure thing.” See the Consumer Advocacy…
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Opening: Editor for AALL’s Price Index for Legal Publications
14
Nov
From the Nov. 9, 2011 announcement posted on AALL. The deadline for applying is Dec. 5, 2011. Job Description: The American Association of Law Libraries (AALL) seeks an Editor for its annual publication, Price Index for Legal Publications (PILP). The…
Time to Start Writing: The 2012 AALL/LexisNexis Call for Papers
08
Nov
The AALL/LexisNexis Call for Papers Committee is soliciting articles in four divisions this year: Open Division: for active and retired AALL members and law librarians with five or more years of professional experience; New Members Division: for recent graduates and…
This is How You "Occupy AALL"
04
Nov
If you are not a member of the Executive Board or association executive staff and are not invited to participate in a Board meeting to speak, but have an agenda item for Board review like one being considered tomorrow, ah,…
2011 AALL Executive Board Voting is Underway
04
Nov
eBallot links were emailed on November 1st. The polls close on November 30th. Here’s the 2011 slate selected by the Nominations Committee: Vice President/President-Elect Steven P. Anderson Director Maryland State Law Library Annapolis, MD Sally H. Wise Director of the…
Reminder: Keynote Speech for AALL Futures Summit Webcast Live at 1 PM CDT Today
03
Nov
The two-day AALL Futures Summit starts today. Andy Hines, Lecturer and Executive-in-Residence at the University of Houston’s Graduate Program in Future Studies, will open the Futures Summit with a keynote address and a Q &A session. His keynote speech will…
Law Library Information Budget Estimates Decline by 21.7% According to 2011 AALL Findings
01
Nov
The 2011 edition of The AALL Biennal Salary Survey and Organizational Characteristics is now available. While the salary survey findings may not be very useful in the private and government sectors, the findings of organizational characteristics with respect to information…
Librarians, Vendors and AALL: Is anyone really asking (or expecting) AALL to do their jobs for them when conducting business with vendors?
31
Oct
In calling upon AALL to doing something in terms of consumer advocacy for its institutional buyer members in the commercial marketplace, some, well at least one, professional law librarian, apparently thinks law librarians are not performing their jobs: Asking AALL…
Say "Hi" to Velvet Chainsaw’s Dave Lutz
In a comment to Time to Take a Velvet Chainsaw to AALL’s Less Than Comprehensive But Official Review of Annual Meeting Programming, Vicki Szymczak wrote the following about hiring Velvet Chainsaw Consulting to assess AALL’s annual programming: This might work….
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